Second Chance Mate

First Date

Ebony

       Aaron and I make our way back to the pack house in silence. That which I'm grateful for. I'm too in my head thinking of Felix. What is he doing right now? What is he feeling? While passing through the town I hear murmurs of a breach at the south border. I can't quite make it out.
"Hey Aaron, did something happen today with the pack"? Aaron looks at me sheepishly. "I'm not really supposed to talk about it, we don't really know what's going on yet but Alpha Felix will update everyone accordingly. In the meantime he doesn't want his people to fear".

       We arrive at the pack house and my stomach fills with butterflies at the promise of seeing Felix again. I clutch my bags of clothes, thinking of the naughty little number I bought just for him. Heat floods my cheeks and groin at the thought of this morning. I'm in my room putting my belongings away when Felix appears behind me, wrapping his arms around me and murmuring huskily into my ear. "You must be thinking about me," he chuckles. "What do you mean"? I scoff. "Ebony I can practically hear your wolf panting". My cheeks are blazing hot at the realization. He spins me around and gives me a chaste kiss. Not lasting long enough for my liking. "How was your day"? He asks. I smile mischievously at him and hold out a little bag. "I got you a gift". His eyebrow shoots up as he takes the bag from my hands and opens it. He pulls out a fine thin lace and his mouth immediately spreads into a beautiful huge grin. "I'll have to see this on you soon". I pout in dissapointment, thinking he would want to see it now. "Not yet, beautiful, we still have things to discuss." He gives me a kiss on the forehead before stepping away. "Have dinner with me tonight at seven. I'll come by for you, I have some more things I need to attend to before calling it a day." I smile at his invitation to dinner, but his words trigger a question. "Is everything okay with the pack"? He sighs and runs his hand through his hair, "Dinner. I'll talk to you about it all then." He didn't leave me time to argue, he gives me one more chaste kiss and he's out the door.

        The thought of having dinner with Felix makes me nervous. For starters, I've never been on a date. I never got the courtship I deserved. I pace the room, and talk with Levena. "I don't know how to do this Lev." Just jump his bones again, that's always the answer. I laugh at her absurd advice. "Okay, as much as I would love to do that, there's no foundation if that's all we do". Layla rolls her eyes. You guys should really just let James and I take over. You think too much. Now it's my turn to roll my eyes. "Alright, enough with you. I need to figure out what to wear". Before I could quiet Levena down she calls out, Wear the one with the lace! I smile at my wolf. Poor girl has a taste and can't get enough. I crawl into the shower, savoring every last drop on my skin.

       Showering has become my happy space, a thing I didn't realize I had taken for granted. It also makes me sad. I have no one. I am no one, and nobody wants me. Those are the only thoughts I ever have. The only thoughts I had when I spent two years lost in the woods. Wandering aimlessly and stricken with grief. I don't understand why Aerix didn't want me. There was just something about him I couldn't put my finger on. He just seemed so much...darker. My parents died at the expense of his father's hands when I was a little girl. I spent my younger years being bounced around from house to house on the reservation. Even then, nobody wanted me. As if I'm just destined to spend my life alone. I sigh and shut the water off. Maybe I won't be alone forever. Maybe this is it, my second chance. I just wish I knew what Felix was thinking. I can't deny the pull we have anymore. It's stronger than what I had with Aerix. Every time I'm around him, it feels like it causes the air to thicken. Everything stops. I shake the thoughts away as I get dressed in one of the new outfits I got. It's a beautiful blue, knee length dress that hugs me in all the right places, but then flows at my knees. For the first time in two years I attempted to put on makeup but failed miserably with the eyeliner. It smells my fear. There's no hope, just mascara it is.